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Saturday, August 20, 2005

Indulge Me My Conspiracy Theory

There was an interesting little blip on the news radar yesterday which appeared and disappeared in an eye blink. News.com.au put up this item up shortly before 3pm yesterday afternoon, putting talkback hosts into a frenzy. All the relevant authorities were alerted and questioned. Was Schapelle Corby's jail term really going to be cut in half?

Here's where the story gets odd. Soon afterwards, 2UE's Steve Price took a series of interviews on the topic.

At 3:20 he interviewed Corby's lawyer, Erwin Siregar, who demolished the rumour and said he had no idea of its origins.

At 4:11 he talked to Alexander Downer, who confirmed that Corby's legal team `was the source' for the reports and suggested that anything was possible, and Corby could `even be acquitted'. Phfwah?

At 5:37 Price crossed to 2UE's Indonesian correspondent, Justin Hale. Hale confirmed Erwin Siregar's earlier report, saying that the Bali High Court had told him the rumour was false and any decision on Corby's appeal was some time away.

But here's the strange part. Hale then said his sources in Indonesia confirmed that Canberra had been the original source of the rumours. Hale has lived, worked in and has reported from Bali since the Bali bombings, and is a credible source.

Even despite the strenuous denials, the Daily Telegraph put the dubious Schapelle story on their front page this Saturday.

Another Canberra beat up to keep the public distracted? Alan Ramsay's column today gives me leave to wonder.

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